In the following diagram, a single firewall is placed under a WAN router and all traffic travels via this firewall. All servers are hosted on a single subnet and given equal security protection provided by the firewall, which provides isolation from the internet. A firewall having a single subnet may be justified when further isolation is not required between the servers and does not cause a significant risk:
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